l USI 6b - Identifying how political ideas shaped the revolutionary movement in America and led to the Declaration of Independence, with the emphasis on the ideas of John Locke.

New Ideas!

John Locke

Ideas of John Locke

The colonists wanted independence!

What are the key philosophies in the D.O.I.?

Video Notes:

Declaration of Independence.

l New political ideas led to a desire for independence and democratic government in the American colonies

l One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period
l The great thinkers wrote ideas about Government

l People have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
l Government is created to protect the rights of people and has only the limited and specific powers the people consent to give it.

l The Declaration of Independence proclaimed independence from England.
l It stated that people have natural (inherent) rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
l The Colonists wanted independence from England.
l June 1776
l Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing
l He used some ideas from John Locke
l The 13 colonies wanted to be “free and independent states”

l People have “certain unalienable rights” of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
l People establish government to protect those rights
l Government derives power from the people.
l People have a right and duty to change a government that violates their rights!


l Summary: For your summary :-
l Imagine that you are King George III
l Draw a sensory figure that explains how he might have felt about the Declaration of Independence.